Belt



March 4 w24.

M. STARMER f BELT Filed oct. 1a. 1921 Patented Mera i? 192341.

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MARY STARMER, OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.

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To all whom tim/ay concern.'

Be it known that I, MARY STARMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New port News, in the county of Warwick and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belts, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in garment supporters of the waistline or belt type adapted for use by men and women, and especially adapted for adjustment to the body of the wearer, as a supporter for garments, with varying degrees of tightness to insure the desired comfort and convenience of the wearer.

The primary obj ect of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may readily be adjusted to ,different sizes of waistlines, and in addition may with convenience and dispatch be buckled for wear, or released from the wearer, as desired. And while I have illustrated, and shall hereinafter describe the invention as embodied in a waist line belt, it will be obvious that the device is applicable for use in securing together the ends of straps or webbing, as in Suspenders, or for straps on trousers, vests, and similar garments.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged in a waist line belt, according to the best mode I have thus far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention, and whereinv the novel features of the invention are set forth in the belt buckle and the adjusting buckle which cooperates therewith.

Figure 1 is a front view of the front portion of a waist line belt, as it appearsl in use, showing my invention, parts being indicated in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a rear or inner side view of the belt as seen in Fig. 1. y v y Figure 3 is an inner facevview of the beltbuckle plate attached at one end of the belt.

Figure 4 is an inner view of the beltbuckle keeper 4which is attached at the opm posite end of the belt andco-acts with the buckle" plate for securing the ends together.

Application led October 18, 1921. Serial No. 508,584. i

BELT.

Figure 5 isy a transverse, vertical sectional view at'line 5-5 of-Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is a top edge view of the belt of Figure l.

Figure 7 is a horizontal sectional view at line 7-7 of Fig.'1.

In the preferred form of the invention as shown in the drawings., thev belt may-be of As shown this plate, which is rectangular in form, is provided at one end` with a vertical bar 4, and Vend slot 5 through which the end l 2 of the belt is passed and turned back under the bar 6 to form a loop 7. The bar` 6, asbest seen in Fig. 3, is the end of a back plate 8, turned back from the front end of the buckle plate, and the back plate lies parallel with the front or buckle plate and provides a space for the loop end 7 of the belt end 2. Bar 6 is fashioned by stamping or cutting a zig-zag or toothed slot 9 in the back plate which extends from near the top to near the bottoni of the back plate, and it will readily be seen that when the end 2 of the belt is passed through slot 5, then passed through `the toothed slot 9 from the back of the back plate and located in the space between the `web end and the back plate, the loop thus formed is firmly gripped by thetoothed slot 9 and the belt buckle plate is retained on the end of the belt. l Along the top edge of the lbuckle-plate an ornamental Hange l() is provided, a notch 11 being provided at the front end of the plate, by terminating this flange a short distance from the bend between the front plate and the back plate, for a purpose to be escribed.

The back plate 8 is also fashioned with a horizontally extending',- lcentrally located, short bar 12, offset fromthe plane of the back plate, and the back plate 1s cut out or slotted at 13 14; respectively above and be low the cross bar in order that the bar and the metal thereabout may be trictionally engaged by and retain in position, a tongue 15 on the keeper 16 complementary to the buckle plate.

rlhe keeper 16 is a ilat, rectangular, vertically disposed metal plate, slotted at 17 and slitted at 18, to form the downwardly projecting tongue 15, and the tongue is of sufficient length to permit its 'free end to be slightly pushed outwardly or away from the body of the wearer, in order that the end of the tongue may be entered behind the cross bar 12, and then said tongue slipped or shoved downwardly along the outer lace of the back plate to lock the keeper to the buckle plate. rlhe resiliency of the metal in the back plate and the keeper plate permits this movement, and when the keeper is pressed home, the parts are frictionally held. At the upper end the keeper-plate is fashioned with a flange 19 which lits into and occupies the notch 11 formed in the corner ofthe buckle plate.

`The keeper plate is attached to the end 1 ot the belt, by the formation of a loop 20, passed around a tubular friction bar 21 which latter is supported on thev keeper bar 22. The integralv barl 22 which is provided at the front end of t-he keeper plate is stamped therefrom and Jforms One wall of the slot 17.

The size of the loop 2O may be varied to take up slack in the belt or to lengthen the belt, and for this purpose l utilize an adjusting buckle, preferably made up Of a single piece of stift wire and bent to shape as shown. rlhe adjustable buckle comprises a stiff, verticalbar 23 around which the bent end or the loop passes7 andnear thetop and bottom oi this bar the wire is bent outwardly, or away from the body7 of the wearer, and formed with a pair of heads 24 25 which lie in a vertical. plane, parallel. with the belt and extending toward the buckle plate. Returning` from these two heads, in each case, a strand of' wire is passed through a hole in the loop end, and the wire is then bent as at 26 27 over the top edge and under the bottom edge of the end 1, the single strand beingbrought out in front of the end piece 1. A pair ot curved portions 28 29 are formed as shown in front of the' web end 1 and these portions are crossed and terminate in smaller loops 30 31. These smaller loops each terminates in a return bend or hook 32 33 and the hooks are fashioned with sharpened prongs 34C thai-.enter the webbing from the outside of the belt, as shown.

The smaller loopg 30-31 form avthumb prece beneath which the thumb may be slipped, and by forcing outwardly these loo-ps, the prongs 34 may be released from the webbing of the belt.y `When the prongs are nfl-eaves released the end 1 ofthe belt may be pulled or shoved between the curved guide portions 25;-29 and the heads 24e-25. .Pulling the web through this space will slierten the loop 2O and lengthen the belt, while pushing the web through the space will lengthen the loop 2O and slierten the belt. By this means the length etI the belt may be adjusted as desired, and when the thumb is withdrawn, the resiliency of the. metal wire of the adjusting buckle will restore the prongs 34 to position in order that they may enter the front iiace of the web end 1.

From the above description taken in connection with my drawings it is evident that the length oit the belt may with facility be adjusted, and that the belt may be buckled or unbuckled with convenience. Also that when once adjusted and buckled7 the belt will remain in proper position, support# ing` the garments in a comfortable manner, and presenting a neat and finished appearance.

Having thus iully described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination in a device as de'- scribed with belgtends;l of a buckle` plate having a back plate and an o'setcross bar thereon, and a keeper plate having a vertically disposed tongue thereon to'l engagey said cross bar.

2. rllhe combination with a belt e'nd, of a buckle plate formed with a slotted back plate for attachment of said end, a keeper plate on the other belt end andy said end formed with a loop for attachment toy said plate, a locking member on the keeper plate for co-aetion with said back plate, and a` slack adjusting buckle connected with said loop.

3. rlhe combination with a belt end, of a buckle plate havingv a back platev and said back plate fashioned with a slot having zig-zig walls to retain said belt end, a cross bar on said back plate, a keeperl plate connected with a loop on the other belt end, a friction tongue on saidV keeper plateV for co-action with ysaid bar, and a. slack adjusting buckle connected with said loop.

4. The combination with a buckle-plate having a back plate and a'l ero-ss bar on said back plate, of a keeper plate having a lock- 1ing tongue adapted to co-aet with said cross 5. The combination with a buckle plate having a back plate and a flange terminating adjacent to said backv plate7 of a keeper plate having a flange complementary' to the flangel of the buckle plate, a cross bar on said back plate, and a locking tongue on saidv keeper plate for co-action with" said cross bar. Y

6. 'lhe combination in a belt with its con-v necting buckle, and web ends, olvanad'- justing buckle comprising a4 bar and one of said ends foi-ined as a loop aboutJ said bar, sai-id adjusting buckle fashioned With heads passed through openings in said loop 5 and said heads engaging the Web end, in-

teoral curved portions on said adjusting buckle extending outside the Web end and formed with opposed loops, a return bend in the adjusting buckle forming the terminus of said opposed loops, and a prong X0 at the extremity of each return bend engaging the Web end.

MRS. MARY STAR-MER. 

